Lateral cut above coronet band.

[GeorgeyGal]

If my mare had severed a tendon would she be able to trot sound? She did this once and then went back to being lame, she is under veterinary care, its only been a few days, had the usual antibiotics, keeping wound clean. I am just hoping she is sore and that's why she is lame, has anyone else had this type of injury, worried sick its cut the tendon. Vet out Friday if no improvement in lameness.

 

[wkiwi]

The vet would normally say if they thought the wound was in a location to damage a tendon, and if it was deep enough too, but please do discuss with them if you think it is a concern as they could always ultrasound. You don't say exactly where the cut is so hard to tell what structures it is over but also depends on depth and amount of bruising damage.

However, I think you will probably just find that it is the pain of the cut and associated bruising. If you think about it, when we cut ourselves sometimes we don't feel it much if we are thinking about other things but then we stop and go 'ouch ouch' so entirely possible for her to trot up sound then be lame without damaging the tendon.

 

[GeorgeyGal]

Hi, thank you, it is the back of the pastern, fore, above coronet band, I don't know how deep the tendon is in comparison to the skins structure. The vet did say there is a possibility of tendon damage. Yes, she is keeping that leg straight and limping around the field, she isn't cocking it, which makes sense, as flexing it is just opening the wound. There is no obvious swelling or heat. I am just hoping that because she trotted like she wasn't lame 2 days later, it wouldn't be physically possible for her to do that if the tendon was cut? I will get vet out anyway on Friday to sedate for a closer look.

 

[Dizzydancer]

Can you stable her or fence off small area of field-you don't really want her trotting round if you can avoid it while it heals.
Vet is your best bet- in that location it is possible to have done damage but your vet is best to advise and they can scan if they are concerned

 

[Matafleur]

This is quite a difficult area to heal as there is so much movement. I had a horse do this and vet advised to box rest for around 3 weeks from memory. We did scan him as I don't take any chances with soft tissue injury and would rather scan to be sure. The horse was lame to some degree for about 2 months and we were considering rescanning to check again when he came sound about 8 weeks after injury. I think he was just sore because it is such a mobile area.

I would be scanning as a precaution in your position and not turning out.

 

[Toffee44]

My mare opened a flap on her pastern. We basically made a soft ban and vet wrap cast just for 4ish days to let it heal as re opened every step. Was a b*****er for opening up. Used manuka on it too.